Inventors
Olivia Poole	She grew up on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. She married and raised a family of seven children. In the caring of her family she combined traditional native design and modern technology to produce her invention of the Jolly Jumper for pre toddler babies. The family settled in British Columbia and in the 1950's she and her husband began manufacturing her invention which would become a must for all young families. By 1959 they had a manufacturing factory in North Vancouver and were sending supplies of their product throughout North America, Great Britain and Australia. The portable device which could be attached to any door way in any home was improved over the years to accommodate health concerns in growing babies.
Rachel Zimmerman	This inventor began her career when she was only twelve year old. She invented a computer program which uses Blissymbols. These are the symbols which allow non-speaking people to communicate by pointing to specific symbols on a pare or board. Using a touch-sensitive board connected to a computer the message is translated into a language that allows the originator to communicate to people beyond view of the Bliss board. Rachel began her work for a school science fair and it ended up in a World Exhibition of Achievement of Young inventors in Bulgaria!! She is also the winner of a YTV Achievement Award for Innovation. The system can now be used in many different languages and voice output has been added.